SMCBR24Q User Manual
SMCBR24Q Utility User Manual Table of Contents 1. 2. Login................................................................................................................................................... 3 Topology ............................................................................................................................................. 3 Connection Status ................................................................................................................
SMCBR24Q Utility User Manual Utility – Internet Passport The SMCBR24Q provides the Utility – Internet Passport for home users. The Internet Passport provides Parents the Family Member’s passport for doing parental control, and it includes On-Line Scheduler, Web Site Hit Rate, Real Time Application Usage and Performance Optimization. Parents can closely monitor when, how and where children are spending their Internet time.
SMCBR24Q Utility User Manual to view and edit the WAN configuration. As you change the WAN port, the topology will change accordingly. If dual WANs are used, you can see who go through WAN 1 and who go through WAN 2 from the topology. The default is WAN 1. If only single wan is used, the status of the other wan port will be shown as NOT AVAILABLE. Family Member’s PC status: All PCs once connected to the SMCBR24Q will be recorded and displayed in the topology.
SMCBR24Q Utility User Manual Bandwidth Control You can control the left slider for guaranteeing bandwidth, and right slider for limiting bandwidth for individual family member, and percentage and bandwidth (kbps) of min and max will display accordingly. The default will be no guarantee and limit bandwidth, so the default min rate is 0% and max rate is 100%. You can allocate the guaranteed bandwidth for all family members, and the total min bandwidth is 100% of the max bandwidth provided by ISP.
SMCBR24Q Utility User Manual Old Password: Enter the old password. The default Password is ‘admin’ when you first log in the Utility. (Note: The password cannot be recovered if it is lost or forgotten. If the password is lost or forgotten, you have to reset the Router to its factory default state.) New Password: Enter a new password for the Utility. Your password must be less than 64 characters long and it can’t contain any spaces. Confirm New Password: Re-enter the password for confirmation.
SMCBR24Q Utility User Manual WAN Configuration ISP Bandwidth: Fill in the upstream and downstream bandwidth provided by ISP. The default is 512Kbit/sec. Internet Connection Type: There are four types of Internet connection. Obtain and IP automatically, Static IP, PPPoE and PPTP.
SMCBR24Q Utility User Manual 1. Obtain an IP automatically: If your ISP is running a DHCP server, select Obtain an IP automatically option. Your ISP will assign these values, includes DNS Server automatically. Or users can check the box of Use the Following DNS Server Addresses, and enter the specific DNS Server IP. Multiple DNS IP Settings are common. In most cases, the first available DNS entry is used. 2.
SMCBR24Q Utility User Manual 1. Enter your Username and Password. 2. If you select Connect on Demand option, the PPPoE connection will be disconnected if it has been idle for a period longer than the Max Idle Time setting. 3. If you select Keep Alive option, the Router will keep the connection alive by sending out a few data packets at Redial Period, so your Internet service thinks that the connection is still alive. 4. PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol): 1.
SMCBR24Q Utility User Manual Family Member’s Internet Passport Click the selected Family Member’s PC and the Internet Passport will display. You can click the arrow button to close the Internet Passport screen. The SMCBR24Q provides four parental control tools, On Line Scheduler, Hit Rate, Usage and Performance Optimization. On Line Scheduler On the On Line Scheduler screen, click any hour to allow or deny Internet access.
SMCBR24Q Utility User Manual Click the Save Changes button to save the settings, click the Cancel button to undo your changes or click the Refresh button to update the data. For more information on this tab, you can click the Help button. Hit Rate The Hit Rate tab shows the top 10 websites by frequency the selected family member has visited by the end of today and their related information, Today’s Ranking and Web site. This also allows you to block or unblock the selected website.
SMCBR24Q Utility User Manual Add to Block List: Click the lock icon to block the web site, and it will turn to locked and red. Click again to unblock the site. The blue open lock icon means “unblock” and the red locked lock means “block”. The default is “unblock”. After you click the Save Changes button, the web site you blocked will be listed in the Block List. You can click the View URL Block List button to view the block list you set up for this family member.
SMCBR24Q Utility User Manual Number: This show how many websites are blocked. Web site: Click the website address and Internet Explorer will open at that address to find out the site contents. Unblock: You can cancel your settings by clicking the lock icon, and the website will turn to unblock. View One Week History: Click the button and you will see the dates of the last six days. Put your mouse over the selected date and click to view the top 10 websites for that date and their related information.
SMCBR24Q Utility User Manual Date: The date you’re viewing is displayed. Ranking: The rankings of the top 10 websites of the selected date are in a descending order. Web site: Click the website address and Internet Explorer will open at that address to find out the site contents. Add to Block List: Click the lock icon to block the site. Click again to unblock the site. The blue open lock icon means “unblock” and the red locked lock means “block”. The default is “unblock”.
SMCBR24Q Utility User Manual Usage This Usage tab shows the current usage of the top 20 applications. You can know what applications consume most bandwidth currently. Ranking: The rankings of the top 20 applications by bandwidth consumption are in a descending order. Application: The field shows the top 20 application names. For the blank field, you can enter the application name you desire.
SMCBR24Q Utility User Manual open lock icon means “unblock” and the red locked lock means “block”. The default is “unblock”. View Application Block List: Click the button to see the blocked applications. Move the scroll button down the bar to see all applications. Number: This show how many applications are blocked. Application: The field shows the blocked application names. Unblock: You can cancel your settings by clicking the lock icon.
SMCBR24Q Utility User Manual View One week History: Click the button and you will see the dates of the last six days. Put your mouse over the selected date and click to view the usages of the top 20 applications for that date and their related information.
SMCBR24Q Utility User Manual Click the Save Changes button to save the settings, click the Cancel button to undo your changes or click the Refresh button to update the data. For more information on this tab, you can click the Help button.
SMCBR24Q Utility User Manual Performance Optimization The screen displays the built-in 19 suggested applications where you can optimize their performance and view their Application names and the usage Quality. Before enable the bandwidth suggestion, please make sure you have allocated the min bandwidth for this family member. Suggestion: You can see the total number of the suggested applications Application: The field shows the 19 suggested application names.
SMCBR24Q Utility User Manual Enable: To enable Performance Optimization click the dot once. Click again to undo your setting. If enabled, the dot is blue. If disabled, the dot is white. The default is “disable”. If you set up new rule of Performance Optimization via UI, the new rule will be also displayed here. Performance Optimization Cross-Reference Table The table below shows the built-in bandwidth information for each application. There are three performance levels, “Normal”, “Good”, and “Better”.
SMCBR24Q Utility User Manual or click the Refresh button to update the data. For more information on this tab, you can click the Help button.
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